Piper PA-34-220 N1232H

Summary

On 19 August 1993 at about 04:52 local time, a Piper PA-34-220 registered N1232H, operated by Flight Contract Service, was involved in an accident near Pacific Ocean. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 August 1993 at 04:52

Classification

Accident

Location

Pacific Ocean

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-34-220

Registration

N1232H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Flight Contract Service

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Honolulu → Oakland

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

LAX93LA329

Nobody was injured.

THE LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE TO BOTH ENGINES FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A FERRY FLIGHT ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN FROM HONOLULU, HI, TO OAKLAND, CA. THE RIGHT ENGINE SUSTAINED A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND THE PILOT SECURED THE ENGINE. ABOUT TWO AND A HALF HOURS, LATER, THE LEFT ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE OIL AND, SUBSEQUENTLY, THE OIL PRESSURE AND POWER BEGAN TO DECREASE. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THE CRUISING ALTITUDE AND ELECTED TO DITCH THE AIRPLANE INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN NEXT TO A RESCUE VESSEL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.